SOYCE 910
Simpson 2002: 163, fig. 57
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Ḥaḍramitic | ||
| Alphabet | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Writing technique | Incision | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text |
TEXT
1 S²ʿbydʿ bn
2 ʾydʿm s¹qn—
3 y S¹yn ms³ndh—
4 n ḏ-s²ft h-s¹ ʾ[.]
5 [... ...]
| At the end of the l. 2 is possible to read ʾb; Piotrovkij: ʾ[y]-dʿm. |
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 S²ʿbydʿ son of 2 ʾydʿm dedica- 3 ted to S¹yn the inscription 4 which ʾydʿm had promised 5 to Him [... ...]. |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Sayʾūn, Museum, 200 |
| Support type | Artefact » Stela » Stela with framework |
| Material | Stone |
| Measures | h. 50, w. 38.5, th. 10 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Al-Quff |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Central Ḥaḍramawt |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context |
| Link to site record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Piotrovskij 1995: 187, fig. 14 | Piotrovskij, Mikhail B. 1995. Vadi al-ʿAyn: drevneyemenskie nadpisi. (Wadi al-ʿAyn: ancient Yemeni Inscriptions). Pages 176-201 in Petr A. Grjaznevič and Alexander V. Sedov (eds). Khadramaut. Arkheologiceskie, etnograficeskie i istoriko-kul'turnye issledovaniya. Trudy Sovetsko-Yemenskoy kompleksnoy ekspedicii. (Ḥaḍramawt. Archaeological, Ethnological and Historical Studies. Preliminary Reports of the Soviet-Yemeni Joint Complex Expedition). Moscow: Vostochnaya literatura RAN. |
| Simpson 2002: 163, fig. 57 | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |